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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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